Monthly Archives: September 2011

According to the Department of State: “The online registration period for the 2013 Diversity Visa Program (DV-2013) will begin on Tuesday, October 4, 2011, at noon, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (GMT-4), and conclude on Saturday, November 5, 2011, at noon, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (GMT-4).

According to the USCIS, as of September 9, 2011, the agency had received 32,200 out of 65,000 available cap-subject H-1B petitions for FY-2012 and 16,700 out of 20,000 available petitions under the H-1B Masters Cap Exemption.

According to a USCIS News Release: “U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a final rule in todays Federal Register that establishes a Transitional Worker (CW) classification for workers in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). The CW classification allows employers in the CNMI to hire nonimmigrant workers who are otherwise ineligible to work.”